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The 7 Noachide Commandments teach goodness and kindness for all mankindFri, 17 Feb 2012 18:40:36 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.7By: Directorhttp://asknoah.org/7-commandments/idolatry#comment-6
Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:40:36 +0000http://asknoah.us/?page_id=203#comment-6BS”D. Thank you! I sent this comment to that web page. It is pending the moderator’s approval:
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B”H. Thanks for the article. But since you posted that quotation from “Lessons in Tanya”, you should have included the explanation from a few lines down in that book, which cites another teaching from the author, the Rebbi Shneur Zalman: “It should be noted that among the nations of the world there are also to be found those whose souls are derived from kelipat nogah. Called ‘the pious ones of the nations of the world’ [hassidei umot ha'olom], these righteous individuals are benevolent not out of selfish motives but out of a genuine concern for their fellow.”
You also neglected to mention that Boteach’s book “K.J.” is serving to buttress the movement of “Messianic Jews”, almost all of whom are Non-Jews who want to observe the Jewish ritual commandments that really do not apply at all to Non-Jews, while at the same time believing that J. was a messiah.
The straightforward answer is that J. did not qualify to be an authentic messiah because he rejected fundamental parts of the Oral Torah, and that rejection was not “kosher”. All of the Rishonim Sages agreed on that point.
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Regarding the book reviewer’s comment that “But by definition, a typical Christian cannot be considered a righteous Gentile because, in believing J. is ‘G-d’, the believer violates the prohibition against Idolatry. There have been exceptions, such as those Christians who, during the Holocaust, made great efforts to protect the Jews from the Nazis and who rescued Jewish people from being sent to the death camps…” Glad to see that link to asknoah.org. But that is only a semantic exception in respect of the secular definition of “righteous Gentile”, and it does not take into account the Torah-based definition, which really is about a Gentile who is truly a “hassid” (pious). A Gentile can have a soul with the spiritual character of a “hassid”, put perhaps has never had the opportunity to learn the true faith in the G-d of Israel and how to serve Him properly (and maybe was brought up as a Chr’stian). Thus, we need to publicize the Noahide Commandments, in order to find, attract and eduction those people. That is in addition to the benefit that comes to the entire world from more and more people knowing that G-d commanded those 7 Laws for all mankind.